Apparatus for drawing off liquids in fixed quantities.



No. 664,629. Patflntbd Docf25, I900. E. 'FRANC &. T. 8:. W. L COLE. APPARATUS FOR DRAWINB OFF LIQUIDS IN FIXED RUANTITIES.

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No. 664,629. Patented Dec. 25, I900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL FRANC, THOMAS COLE, AND WILLIAM LAVES COLE, OF LONDON,

ENGLAND APPARATUS FOR DRAWING OFF LIQUIDS IN FIXED QUANTITIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,629, dated December 19 0- Application filed March 6,1900 Serial No. 7,560. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EMIL FRANO, residing at Roseberry avenue, and THOMAS COLE and WILLIAM LAWES COLE, residing at St. Anns road, Burdett road, Bow, London, England, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Connected with Apparatus for Drawing Off Liquids in Fixed Quantities, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain detail improvements in or connected with apparatus by which liquids in actual fixed quantities can be drawn from a cask or other vessel into bottles proportionately to their capacity or the desired height of the liquid.

The invention is chiefly intended for bottling of beers and the like and enables the bottles to be charged without the usual loss of carbonic gas and without loss of liquid, such as by drips or overflows, during or after the removal of the bottles.

Our invention will be clearly understood by the following description, aided by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end elevation of a complete machine; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the filler-nozzle and its appurtenances, the outlet being closed; Fig. 3, an elevation of Fig. 2 with the outlet open. Fig. 4 is an end partsectional elevation of a machine, the end plate being removed to show the raising and lowering device. I

For the purpose of this invention we provide any desired number of filler-spouts 1 to an air and gas tight casing 2, to which the liquid is supplied at the nozzle 3 from a cask or other vessel preferably at a low level or next the telly, or from above such level for head of fall, such as by elevating the air and gas tight'casing 2 by rack 4 and pinion 5 from side or end on appliances and capable of being locked through the handle 6 at any desired elevation by the chain 7 or in any other manner. Each filler-nozzle 1 consists of two tubes 8 9, one, 9, open at the top to the liquid, but closed at bottom, except to a side hole 10 or side holes for free passage of the liquid, and the other, 8, as an outer tube or sleeve capable of being forced along the inner tube 9 by a bottle-mouth (see dotted lines 1 1, Fig.

3) when pushed against a packing-rin g 12 and collar 13, but which returns under the action of a coiled spring 14 when the bottle is being removed, said outer tube 8 then shutting 01f the flow with certainty and without afterdrip. The outer tube or sleeve 8 also serves as a gas and air vent when pushed along and opens a passage through the branch 15 to the vessel 2 and from thence to the cask from which, say, the beer is withdrawn and so be put in equilibrium with the air or gas therein, which in this invention is an important feature, because it automatically cuts oi? the flow of liquid to the bottle when it (or they) becomes charged to the required extent, this being determined by the length of the nozzle or filling-spout, which more or less occupies space within the bottle and proportionately to the quantity of liquid to be admitted, or until the air from within the bottle is put in equilibrium with that in the cask.

The back or air vent is or may be provided with a non-return valve, and where several filling-spouts are arranged to the same casing the back or air vent from each filling-nozzle is led into this casing.

The bottle-support is a resilient or rubber pad 16 on an adjustable plate 17, which can be placed in one or other of a number of holes 18 of a slider 19, fitted within a tube 20, said tube 20 being also adjustable as to length and fixable in a footpiece 21 by a clip 22, so that any ordinary bottle can be employed, the apparatus enabling, say, pints, reputed pints, quarts, or other size of bottle to be filled to a fixable quantity with impunity and proportiona-tely to the displacement of air and equilibrium action of the air or gas in connection whether from the liquid or a separate vessel. The slider 19 is returnable by an inclosed pull-spring and guided by a Wheel 24 to reduce friction.

The apparatus as constructed has two uprights 25, one at each end, for carrying the air and gas tight tank 2 by plates 26, one at each end, which plates are secured to the vessel 2 by screws to lugs cast on the bottom thereof and to under a projection 27 secured or cast upon the tank 2. The plates 26 also carry, by bolts or screws 28, a frame 29, which frame by its flanges 30 carries the tubes 21, to which the adjustable tube 20 and its appurtenances are affixed, the filling-nozzles 1. and their appurtenances being secured to the vessel 2. Thus it will be seen that by turning the handle 6 the pinions 5 will operate upon the racks 4 and raise or lower the tank 2 with the fillingnozzles 1 and the frame 29 with the tubes 20 21, and so that the apparatus can be set to a height to suit either the person doing the bottling or for other causes.

The tank 2 has a lid 31, which is secured in a gas and water tight manner to the tank 2 by the screw-lugs 32, the lid being also provided with a pipe-nozzle 33 for conducting the vent gas or air back to the barrel.

Wheels 34 are provided to the apparatus, so that it can be moved from place to place.

The filling-nozzle is connected in a water and air tight manner to a pipe 35 by a ferrule 36, and the pipe 9 is screwed into the pipe 25 at its end which is screwed to the tank 2, so that the tube 8 islimited in its movement between the end 37 of the pipe 9 and the collar 38 on the tube 35. The end piece 37 is made of curved or angled formation at the part inside the tube 9, so as to lead the beer or liquor out without fear of jumps or concussion of the liquid should the valve or opening be closed quickly.

The collar or packing-ring 12 has a recess 39, into which the mouth of the bottle engages in a sealed manner, thus preventing escape of gas or air at this point.

Any number of nozzles and bottle-supports can be arranged in the same machine. 40 represents vanes on the tube 9 for guiding the tube 8.

In practice, the nozzle 3 is connected by tubing to the tap of a barrel or cask containing the liquor desired to be bottled, the nozzle 33 being connected by tubing to the vent of said barrel or cask, and the bottlesupport 17 adjusted to suit the size of the bottle to be filled, so that the attendant places a bottle in position by first pressing the bottle upon the support 17 and overcoming the spring 23 for the nozzle-tube 8 to enter the bottle-neck, and the spring, in pressing the bottle up to the resilient collar 12, will overcome the pressure of the spring 14 and move the tube 8 along, so as to open the passage for the liquid to the bottle, the liquid passing from the tank 2 down the tube 9 to the outlet 10, where it enters the bottle at the same time the air contained in the bottle is passing out through the tube 8 to the branch 15 and through the tube or connection 41 back to the tank 2, from whence it passes by the outlet 33 through tubing to the barrel containing the liquor, thus establishing an equilibrium with the air or gas therein. So soon as the bottle is filled to the desired depth, determined by the depth of the tubes 8 and 9 from the packing-ring 12, the liquor will close the air-passage at the nozzle from the bottle to the barrel, and in conj unction' with the column of air and gas contained within the bottles neck between the outlet of the nozzle and the packing-ring 12 the flow of liquor to the bottle will automatically cease. On the removal of the bottle the spring 14 will close the outlet-nozzle before the nozzle has left the bottles neck, and thus prevent all waste.

In practice we prefer to fit, say, two fillingnozzles in each apparatus, so that by the time the sixth bottle is placed in position by the attendant the first bottle is filled ready for removal, thus insuring rapid work.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. In apparatus of the kind described for drawing ofi liquids, the combination of the 1 5 bottle-support 17', sliding rod 19 carrying said support and tube 20 adapted to receive said rod as herein described, whereby the bottle,-

support can be adjusted to suit various. sizes of bottles, as set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the kind described for drawing off liquids, the combination of the side plates 26, frame 30, tank 2, the side plates 26 and standards 25 being provided with 'means whereby the side plates, frame, and

tank with their'appurtenances can be raised and lowered as and for the purpose set forth. 3. In apparatus of the character described,

the combination of the concentric pipes, the

inner one fast to the charging'chamber or tank, and having a lateral outlet opening into the outer pipe, and a head or enlargement closing the outer end of said outer pipe, and a branch air-outlet pipe adapted to connect with said charging-chamber and communicating with said outer pipe, substantially as set forth.

at. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a tube supported from the charging chamber or tank, a second tube adjustable within the first-named tube and suitably supported at its outer end, a slide arranged in said second tube, and a'bottle-supi 7 port carried by said slide, substantially as f specified.

5. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a tube supported from the charging chamber or tank, a concentric tube adjustable within the first-referred-to tube and suitably supported at its outer end, a serially-apertured slide arranged in said second tube, and a bottle-support carried by said slide, substantially as set forth.

6. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a tube supported from the charging chamber or tank, a second tube adjustable within the first-named tube, a slide having a series of apertures therein and arranged within said second tube, a spring connection between said slide and second tube,

and a bottle-support carried by said slide, 7

substantially as specified.

7. In apparatus of the character described,

the combination of a charging chamber or tank having at the base or lower end brackets provided'with wheels or rolls, a tube suit ably supported from said tank or chamber, a second tube adjustable within the first-named tube and carried upon said Wheels or rolls, and bottle-holding mechanism, substantially as set forth.

8. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a charging chamber or tank having at the base or lower end brackets provided with Wheels or rolls, a tube supported from said tank or chamber, a second tube adjustable within the first-named tube and carried upon said wheels or rolls, a slide arranged in said second tube and having a 

